This 7 day driving itinerary begins in las vegas and loops around northern arizona and southern utah finishing off back in las vegas.
Utah and arizona national parks road trip map.
We only made it to three of the mighty 5.
This road trip is focused solely on those you can reach by car in.
The grand circle road trip is one of the most famous national parks road trips in the country.
This will mean no one way drop off fee if you are renting a vehicle.
Enter from dec 17 2018 to feb 27 2020.
This trip takes you to all 5 of utah s national parks plus the grand canyon for a once in a lifetime experience.
Utah is known for its national parks.
National park system technically consists of 59 parks but 12 of them are in alaska hawaii and other u s.
You can head north and visit the island in the sky which is an amazing place to drive through and check out all the amazing overlooks and grand views during the drive.
This trip takes you to all 5 of utah s national parks plus the grand canyon for a once in a lifetime experience.
The 7 day national parks road trip utah arizona.
There are 2 ways to get into canyonlands from moab.
The following arizona national parks road trip itinerary takes in no fewer than eight amazing parks and runs in a counterclockwise direction.
This leaves the arguably best national park in arizona if not in the entire united states for last ending your road trip with a bang.
What a great trip and memories for a life time we did a very similar version of utah and arizona this summer as well covering 3 national parks and 2 state parks in the 7 days.
Enter from dec 17 2018 to feb 27 2020.
Stop 2 on the utah road trip and another one of utah s big five national parks close to moab is canyonlands national park.
Ut 12 winds through grand staircase escalante national monument which protects 1 88 million acres of landscape containing unique native american and geological sites including petroglyphs fossils and natural arches with its quiet backroads spectacular national parks and monuments the large area called the grand circle that encompasses southern utah and northern arizona makes for one of.
Enter to win the grand 6 road trip to 6 national parks.
The grand circle road trip includes parks.
The trip is predominantly in the state of utah but crosses into arizona as well.
What we would do differently in our utah arizona road trip.
If you re looking to hit the big 5 utah national parks then this is the road trip for you.